Locomotive tender



Aug. 2, 1932. H. P. ANDERSON LOCOMOTIVE TENDER Filed Sept. 23. 1.931

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Patented Aug. 2, 1932 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Elf-WARD P. ANDERSON, OF ERIE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE STANDARD STOKER COMPANY, INCORPORATED, A CORPORATION OF DELAWARE LOCOMOTIVE TENDER Application filed September 23, 1931.

This invention relates to improvements in locomotive tender construction particularly adapted to receive stoker mechanism.

It is an object of this invention to provide in a locomotive tender a water tight stoker conveyor housing and a water tight compartment at the forward end of the tender arranged to receive stoker conveyor drive mechanism, the housing and compartment being positioned between and apart from the tender sidewalls providing space on each side of the forward end of the tender forming part of the tender water section and providing water outlets on each side of the forward end of the tender.

Other objects and advantages of my invention will be apparent from the following description when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which Fig. 1 is a plan View of a tender showing the invention in place, having a portion broken away and shown in section;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on the line of Fig. 1; and

Figure 3 is a front elevation of the tender with a portion broken away and shown in section.

Referring to the drawings, the tender is represented generally at 10, its underframe at 11, its body portion at 12 and its deck at 13. The body portion 12 is defined by the sidewalls 14 and 15, the front wall 16, the base plate 17 and a rear wall (not shown). Included within the body portion 12 is the water section 18 and the fuel section 19. The fuel and water sections are separated by the side sloping partition plates 21 and 22 and the rear sloping partition plate 23.

Mounted in the water section 18 is the housing 24 extending longitudinally along the center line of the tender and opening at its forward end through the front wall of the tender. The upright sidewalls 25 and 26 and rear wall 27 of the housing 24 are fastened at their upper edges to the slope sheets 21, 22 and 23 respectively and along their lower edges to the base plate 17 by suitable means as by welding, to form a water tight construction.

A stoker trough 28, which may be V-shaped Serial No. 564,553.

or any other desired form, is mounted in the housing 24. The fuel section 19 is provided with a central longitudinal opening 29 com municating with the trough 28, and through which fuel is supplied to the trough by gravity. Plates 30 are slidably mounted in the opening 29, and may be moved from covering position to permit entry of fuel into the trough 28 as the supply becomes depleted.

The trough front wall is apertured at 31 to receive the conveyor screw 32 mounted within the trough to advance fuel forwardly to a fuel conduit 33, adapted to lead forwardly to a locomotive, not shown. The forward end of the trough 28 is provided with a projection 34 which has formed therewith a spherical flange 35 adapted to be received in a spherical portion of the vertically split coupling member 36 carried by the fuel conduit 33.

Suitable means, such as the crusher 37 is provided for breaking down the larger lumps of fuel to the proper size for firing.

At the front end of the tender there is provided a water tight compartment 38 located between and spaced apart from the tender sidewalls 14 and 15. The compartment 38 may be placed at either side of the housing 24 and communicates therewith through the opening 39. The compartment 38 extends above and below the level of the tender deck 13 and is provided with an open front end. That portion of the front end extending above the level of the deck 13 however, may be closed if desired. Housed within the compartment 38 is an engine 40 which operates the conveyor screw 32 through gearing 41 in the housing 24 at the rear of the trough 28 and the shaft 42 having a universal connection 43 with the engine 40 and a universal connection 44 with the gearing 41.

The drawings show the compartment 38 and the housing 24 in communication through their adjacent sides, however, it is apparent that the compartment 38 may be separate and apart from the housing 24 and that a water tight sleeve may be provided to surround the shaft to protect it from the water in the water section 18.

In the present construction the space included between the tender sidewall 15 and iently had through the open forward end of the compartment 38 and additional access thereto may be had through the top of the compartment 38 above the level of the tender deck 13 by means of the hinged cover wherebyrepairs and inspection may readily be made without disturbing or disassembling any part of the stoker mechanism.

I claim:

1. In a locomotive tender, a body portion comprising a base plate side and end walls and partition plates separating the fuel section from the water section thereof, the com bination of a watertight housing in said water section extending longitudinally of the tender and. opening through the front wall thereof, said housing being arranged to receive a stoker trough having a conveyor therein, said trough communicating with said fuel section, a watertight compartment at the forward end of the tender adjacent said stoker trough housing arranged to receive stoker drive mechanism, said housing and compartment being spaced between and apart from said tender sidewalls, the space between said tender sidewalls and said housing and compartment forming part of the tender water section.

2. In a locomotive tender, a body portion comprising a base plate, side and end walls, and partition plates separating the fuel section from the water section thereof, a watertight housing mount-ed longitudinally in the forward portion of the tender, a stoker conveyor mounted in said housing and communicating with said'fuel section, a Watertight compartment at the forward end of said tender arranged to receive stoker conveyor drive mechanism, said housing and compartment being spaced apart from said tender sidewalls, the space included between said housing and compartment and said sidewalls forming part of the tender water sec- 7 tion, said tender base plate being provided with openings forming water outlets for said water section, said outlets being positioned one on each side of said housing and compartment at the forward portion of the tender.

3. In a locomotive tender having a body portion comprising a base plate, side and end walls and partition plates separating the fuel section from the water section thereof, the combination of a watertight housing in said water section extending longitudinally of the tender, a stoker conveyor mounted in said housing and communicating with said fuel section, a compartment at the forward end of the tender between and spaced apart from the tender sidewalls, the space included between said tender sidewalls, the tender front wall and the housing and compartment forming part of the tender water section, said compartment having a cover plate forming the top wall thereof arranged toprovide access to said stoker drive mechanism.

4. In a locomotive tender having a body portion comprising a base plate, side and end walls, partition plates separating the fuel section from the water section thereof and a deck, the combination of a watertight to provide access tothe stoker drive mecha-.

nism from above and below the tender deck. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HOWARD P. ANDERSON. 

